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02949aam a2200325Ii 4500 001 6C2115CCBC2911EAAC3CDF0297128E48 003 SILO 005 20200702010020 008 190628s2020 nyuacf 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1788314778 020 $a 9781788314770 035 $a (OCoLC)1105855831 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d TXC $d TXI $d UKMGB $d ATCDL $d OCLCF $d OCLCA $d SILO 050 4 $a DL65 F75 2020 100 1 $a Fridriksdottir, Johanna Katrin, $d 1980- $e author. 245 10 $a Valkyrie : $b the women of the Viking world / $c JoÌhanna KatriÌn FridriksdoÌttir. 264 1 $a New York : $b Bloomsbury Academic, $c 2020. 300 $a xii, 252 pages, 8 pages of plates : $b illustrations, portraits ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-242) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: 'Valkyries decide who dies or lives' -- Infancy and childhood -- Teenage girls -- Adulthood, married life and divorce -- Pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood -- Widows -- Old age and death -- Epilogue. 520 $a Valkyries: the female supernatural beings that choose who dies and who lives on the battlefield. They protect some, but guide spears, arrows and sword blades into the bodies of others. Viking myths about Valkyries attempt to elevate the banality of war - to make the pain and suffering, the lost limbs and deformities, the piles of lifeless bodies of young men, glorious and worthwhile. Rather than their death being futile, it is their destiny and good fortune, determined by divine beings. The fateful agency of women is widespread in Norse sources. Norse sagas and Viking myths tell stories of war and strife, loyalty and betrayal, murder and revenge, privation and success. The women in these stories take full part in the power struggles and upheavals in their communities and families, for better or worse. But in some spheres, women are systematically oppressed or excluded because of their gender, and the sagas comunicate heartbreaking stories of girls' and women's traumatic experiences that resonate strongly today. In Valkyrie, JoÌhanna KatriÌn FridriksdoÌttir introduces readers to the dramatic and fascinating texts recorded in medieval Iceland. It was a culture able to imagine women in all kinds of powerful roles, pulling the strings not just in this world but in the other-world too. Drawing on the latest historical and archaeological evidence, this book uncovers the reality behind the myths and legends to reveal the dynamic, diverse lives of Viking women. -- cover 650 0 $a Women, Viking $x History. 650 0 $a Women $z Scandinavia $x History $y Middle Ages, 500-1500. 650 0 $a Old Norse literature $x History and criticism. 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781350137127 941 $a 2 952 $l GAAX314 $d 20220209010109.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20201103014139.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6C2115CCBC2911EAAC3CDF0297128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search